Conexões Connessione Connect. . .

by Marcos Mello

ENGLISH The poster Conexões, Connessione, Connect (70 x 50 cm) discusses the connectivity of letterpress language, reflecting the link between Italian and Brazilian cultures. The project began in Treviso, Italy, in 2017, with the composition and printing using the collection of wood types at Tipoteca Italiana, and was later finished in Brazil in 2018, with types owned by Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo (OTSP). Technically, the printing was planned with 18 passes in the press for the layout and color registration. Wood types, metal types and clichés (replicating the outline of wood type shapes) were used for the composition, and brass rules were used for the lines.

The colors were studied in order to use overprinting, allied to the concept applied to the composition by fitting the print registration of the letters, emphasizing the meaning of connectivity. The posters were initially printed on a Universal III Vandercook and the final printing was made on a “Minerva” platen press adapted for bigger formats.